with the support of the Oak Foundation This report examines the use and viability of the Affordable Rent Model as a means of building new affordable housing in London. Drawing on empirical data, interviews and case studies, it investigates delivery to date, and considers emerging approaches to a programme which faces considerable challenges in London's current housing and benefit context. The r...

The literature on homeless adults with severe mental illness is generally silent on a critical issue surrounding service delivery—the contrast between housing first and treatment first program philosophies. This study draws on data from a longitudinal experiment contrasting a housing first program (which offers immediate permanent housing without requiring treatment compliance or abstinence) an...

events in the building industry in nigeria in the last decade show the important role the private sector played in housingfinance. with the advent of the public-private partnership concept in almost every sector of the socio-economic spheresof the nation, the role of the private sector in housing finance cannot be over-emphasized. this paper clearly states thatthe low-income public servants do ...

INTRODUCTION Understanding public perceptions of healthcare delivery is important to guide policy formulation and practice as well as to identify areas where public health communication needs to be strengthened to overcome misconceptions and allay unfounded concerns. We conducted a survey of Singapore residents to determine perceptions of the affordability and quality of healthcare in Singapore...

The development trends of Uganda’s housing policy have been erratic right from the time before independence. However, much of the housing policy development can be ascribed to the colonial period. Under this era, the provision of public housing was found to be unsustainable, especially in the 1970s. In the late 1980s, Government of Uganda adopted the enabling approach as a strategy to improve h...

Previous studies on impact of land administration housing delivery had only examined some the functions and not four delivery. This study filed this gap by examining private in Lagos, Nigeria. The population is members Real Estate Developers Association Nigeria (REDAN). size 1400 systematic random sampling technique was employed to have a sample 140. 120 questionnaires were retrieved reliable f...

An attempt to systemise the delivery of better quality housing has recently been occurring in England. As well as shelter being one of the most fundamental of human needs, in land use terms housing occupies the greatest part of our towns—so it has an enormous impact on the quality of the urban environment . Housing is always a major political issue, as will be briefly touched on below, and it i...

Subject matter experts systematically reviewed evidence on the effectiveness of specific housing interventions in improving health. The panelists reviewed housing interventions associated with exposure to biological and chemical agents, structural injury hazards, and community-level interventions. Intervention studies were grouped together according to recommendations in the Guide to Community ...